Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections Surveillance

Overview

This grant opportunity is to strengthen Australia’s BBV and STI evidence base which is used to report on, and support achievement of, the goals and targets identified in the National Strategies. There are two components eligible for funding under this Grant Opportunity: The National BBV and STI Epidemiological Surveillance; and The National BBV and STI Psycho-social and Behavioural Surveillance. The objectives of the grant are to fund the systematic and ongoing collection, collation, analysis and reporting of epidemiological, behavioural, social and trend data nationally on BBV and STI, in particular hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and other relevant STI. The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are: to provide information that can be used to measure progress against the goals and targets of the Strategies; to monitor BBV and STI trends; to provide information to support ongoing evidence-based preventive health policy and program development in relation to the BBV and STI priorities outlined in the Strategies; and to enable evaluation of awareness, education and prevention activities, and appropriate management of BBV and STI.